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Chapter 1 : Unfair.

—K-Keep running babe!.

I say breathlessly to my fiancee, holding firmly her soft right hand with a firm grip.

She is shorter than me and is not as athletic as i am, but we can't stop ourselves right now, those invaders are chasing down everyone and we are not an exception.

—I-I can't …

The panting and gasps she has are quite pronounced as well as her movement, that is a bit erratic, because she is asthmatic.

{How could i forget that!}

I slowdown while searching inside the pocket of my black leather jacket for the inhaler that i normally carry for emergencies.

At least twelve people had surpass us running while my fiancee takes the inhaler from me, making use of it as we jog in an attempt to scape from the invaders.

—G-Go, i am hol-ding you back!.

{What is she saying!, it is not possible for me to abandon her!}

—No!.

I say with resolution.

»—We can m…

A blue ovoid of light, smaller than a bread, comes towards us, is slow enough for me to evade it, and pulling the arm of my fiance she gets closer to me, both of us avoiding being hit by the passing projectile.

More blue ovoids keep coming in our direction, and for a few seconds we manage to not get hit by any of them.

The same can't be said for the vehicles that are parked on the street, a minivan explode when we were turning to the left in the corner.

The shockwave knocks us down against the ground, and i lost my sight for a moment.

The ringing on my ears is annoying, taking me a second to realize the scream of pain that is coming from my fiancee.

Her leg was hit by a piece of metal, piercings her left ankle, almost amputating her foot.

—Leave me!.

She screams at me with pain and despair.

—No.

{I can't leave you}

I forgot to express it aloud to her, standing up to reach her.

—They are coming!, save yourself Korvac!.

The insistent plea is ignored by me, taking her into my arms and carrying her like a princess, as if we were newly married.

—I am too impatient, I couldn't wait until the wedding night.

I say jokingly, she gives me an apologetical and pained smile, rubbing her forehead against my chest.

—Dummy.

I heard her voice in the verge of tears as i start to jog.

My steps are not as swift and fluently as usual, i am tired and probably injured too.

Then i saw them, a pair of those repulsive invaders at the end of the street.

Their anthropoid bodies appear to be made of interweined intestines of a really dark grey colour, covered in a viscous tar-black blood.

Their silhouette is clad in a smooth dark grey metal armor that berely covers their chests and groin, along with the forearms.

And from their naked hands, four tentacle like fingers point at me, generating out of nowhere a blue ovoid that comes towards me.

Fastly i turn around, jogging in the opposite direction, evading the first shot, then the second, a third blast and lastly the fourth one in the next moment.

A third invader appears, blocking my path, being this close to them is evident the five meters of height this anthropoid invaders posess.

I tense up, a trepidation goes through my spine and i observe my left side, a truck is blocking the street.

{You shouldn't park here!}

My eyes and body move to the building on my right side, is an old boutique that has been closed for a year by now, having metal curtains on the entrance.

The invader in front points its left arm towards me, shooting a blue Energy ovoid, being this close i can't do more than half a spin, receiving the hit with my back.

The pain of the burn is so scrutinizing, that is worst than being kicked in the nuts, because the sensation is all over my body as an electric discharge.

‡—A Strong Entity, finally.

{He said something?!}

The pain past away in the next second, i am still on my feet, holding thighly my fiancee between my arms.

I look out of the corner of my eye at the invader, he shoots again, the impact is direct on my bare back, burning my skin until i felt the spine, being more painful than the previous impact.

Gritting my teeth while my legs are completely shaky, i receive a third ovoid that is more powerful than the other two hits combine.

My knees can't withstand any more, falling onto them as i lost the strength of my arms, releasing my fiancee roughly and unwillingly on the hard concrete of the sidewalk.

—*Mmm* *Ahh* …

Her whimper is unbearable, giving me an adrenaline rush to try and get up quickly, but instead, a fourth shot over my left ear, send me face first against the ground.

—Korvac! …

My fiancee calls me, i turn my sight to her, but my mind is getting numb and i am barely capable of maintaining my consciousness.

I see everything blurry, she is less than a meter away but her chestnut hair and olive skin is all i can distinguish of her face.

Steps are getting closer and louder, the heaviness of the invaders is obvious with their size.

‡—This Female is disgustingly devolved.

‡—Yeah, Inferior Species are so weird finding Partners.

‡—We came to clean up the mess, not to mock their stupidity, lets save those that are resilient to the Eroding properties of Ambivalent Energy …

‡—Too much talk!, Just scan him already …

‡—No way!, he is an Apex of this Evolution Iteration.

‡—Stay away from him Female!, don't infect him with more Ambivalent Energy!.

{What are they saying?, the last comment sounds as if was filled with extreme anger}

My Fiancee gets closer, her face is about a quarter of a meter of distance.

—Korvac! …

She says my name once again, as an intestine foot crushes her head into pulp, splashing some of her blood against my face.

My stupefy expression with wide open eyes is replaced with a fury that blooms to an extent i didn't knew possible.

But is all for naught, my body doesn't responds to my commands, my throat contracts unable to scream and tears of impotence leave me when i close my eyelids with resignation.

‡—Look!, he can produce water!.

‡—That is not impressive, everyone of his Species can do that, is called "Peeing", study more, i hate being the one is asked all the time.

‡—I didn't ask, and they must pee a lot to have 83% of the Planet's surface with this type of salty water.

{What is wrong with you?!, Why are you doing this to us?!, Why looks like you are chilling with your homies after you murder my fiancee?!, WHY!}

‡—Have you stablish the connection?, i want to finish quickly with this planet before the Ss'ahbv or the Heptapod arrive.

‡—Is ready, now depends on them to not die on the other side.

‡—At least they are not ending as sexual relifers and breeding tools until they die, or creating more RAL that their peers have to deal with later on …

‡—To much talk!, Just send him already!.

The slimy tentacle fingers of one of the invaders grabs my thorax, crushing my ribs and making difficult for me to breathe properly.

‡—Don't injury this poor Inferior Species!, even if crossing purges him of the limitations of this "Existence" and heals the wounds he has, is of no use at all if he ends up dying during the journey.

‡—My bad, i thought it was careful enough with my strength, is my first time dealing with an Inferior Species.

‡—Too much talk!, Just throw him already.

The grip of the invader gets loose, but still holds me, impeding my scape.

He walks a few steps, an horizontal and energetic Vanta Black Vortex is swirling violently.

‡—Your probabilities are high, don't die too fast.

The invader launches me like an empty bottle to the trash can, but in this case, it is towards the whirlpool, swallowing me into a vanta black space who doesn't seem to have any kind of orientation…